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[agtiger@xxxxxxxxxxx (Argentium G. Tiger)]

tabanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>'Flashing the BIOS' ~ How is this done, please ?

Very very carefully.

The first step is to accurately identify exactly what motherboard and
bios version you have, prior to flashing.

The following site will assist you:

http://www.ping.be/bios/

Before you flash, make sure you snap an image of your current BIOS to
disk, and create an emergency recovery diskette that will automatically
flash your bios back to the current revision in case something goes
drastically wrong with the new version.

Read steps 8 and 9 in the FAQ on Wim's Bios page...

http://www.ping.be/bios/HTML1/faq.html

This is how I managed to recover a machine I work on regularly when
a flash went bad on me.  I documented the procedure I used for my
machine in the discussion section, "Dead Motherboards" discussion.
Search on "Argentium" on that page, and you'll see it.

I can't emphasize this enough:  Read, read, and read some more before
you proceed.  

Other hints:

If you're overclocking, step the machine back to the default speeds
for the bus and multiplier before attempting to flash a bios.

Do your flash from a system boot diskette formatted for DOS or some
varient of windows, but which works entirely at the command-line
level and doesn't bring up the GUI.

Did I mention the "read lots prior to attempting this" already?  ;-)

Good luck,
Argentium


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